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TIL Bruce Willis only took the role in The Sixth Sense as part of a deal to compensate Disney for quitting The Brawler 20 days into filming

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kObZ1 TIL there is a physiological difference in the way Men ad Women see colors — attributed to evolutionary adaptations.
awW0J TIL that Disney renamed the film Moana to Oceania in Italy to avoid confusion with the celebrated Porn Star Moana Pozzi
dlwQ TIL that NPR posted a link “Why doesn’t America read anymore?” to their facebook page; the link led to an April Fool’s message saying that many people comment on a story without ever reading the article & asking not to comment if you read the link; people commented immediately on how they do read
pAjQ TIL that renowned theoretical physicist David Bohm was not allowed to defend, or even write his own doctoral thesis because he didn’t have the security clearence
wWd7 TIL: In “Batman and Captain America”, the Joker teamed up with a character named Red Skull. However, on learning the character was actually a nazi and not just pretending, the Joker turned on him, proclaimed “I may be a criminal lunatic, but I’m an AMERICAN criminal lunatic!”